2014 Barbaresco Bric Turot
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Notably pale rust red. Slightly sweaty nose. Some lightweight meatiness on the palate with real balance. Very smooth and cleverly tailored. A good introduction to the DOCG? Though perhaps not what long-term aficionados would seek. (JR)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2014 Barbaresco Bric Turot is fleshy and super-expressive, with notable depth and nicely delineated flavors. Understated and classy, the Bric Turot is also one of the best wines I have tasted from Prunotto in some time. Sweet red cherry, Christmas spices and hints of rose petal add the closing shades of nuance.
The 2014 Barbaresco Bric Turot shows a good quality of fruit and enticing aromatic intensity that takes a little while to come into focus. The bouquet opens slowly, but it eventually evolves to include wild berry, licorice and toasted anise seed. This mid-weight interpretation of Nebbiolo offers a silky texture that wraps smoothly over the palate. It is void of any rough or sharp points. The finish is lean and thin. This was a difficult vintage and the wine could flesh out a bit further with a few more years in the bottle. Then again, maybe it won't.
Tasted blind. Montaribaldi in Barbaresco. Maturing mid ruby with bricky watery rim. Stalky, a little reductive on the nose and sour. Dry and sour palate with brooding concentration underneath. Very old school and with austere cherry fruit on the finish, but I am confident this will improve with age. (WS)
About the producer
Founded in 1904 as Cantina Sociale "Ai Vini delle Langhe", Prunotto lies between Barolo and Barbaresco in the heart of the Langhe. Now part of the Antinori family of estates, it crafts terroir-driven wines that showcase the region's finest vineyard sites.